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Alvin, TX

About Me

JOHN GRIMMETT (b. 1988) is a composer, writer, and director. His work has been performed internationally by the Washington National Opera, Fort Worth Opera, Panoramic Voices, Nautilus Music Theater, and the Baltic Chamber Opera Theatre as well as at universities and conservatory training programs at the University of Houston, New York University, and Indiana University, among others. Mr. Grimmett’s mentors include Edward Albee, Jake Heggie, and David Ashley White. A graduate of the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston, he also studied at the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at New York University, where he was a recipient of the Max Dreyfus Scholarship from the ASCAP Foundation in recognition of his talent as a musical theatre composer. Recent collaborations include a commission by the Fort Bend Symphony Orchestra with 2015 Kleban Prize finalist Jason Carlson; Regrets Only, a song cycle for Moss and cellist Emil Miland; the libretto for Nothing in the Nothingness, a chamber opera with music by Daniel Zajicek; and the libretto for Finite Differences, a song cycle with Kenneth Froelich for soprano Ann Moss and the Hausmann Quartet. Upcoming works include the children’s opera, Henry the Steinway (based on the children’s books of the same name); The State of Jefferson, an opera with music by Kenneth Froelich and commissioned by the Fresno State Opera Theater for their 2018-2019 season; and a few other projects with a few new friends. During the academic year, Mr. Grimmett leads the theatre program at Dawson High School in the Pearland Independent School District (Pearland, TX). He is also the Director of Educational Programming for CMASH, a new music repertory group dedicated to establishing long-term collaborative relationships between composers and performers and welcoming new audiences to the genre of contemporary chamber music. Mr. Grimmett is a proud member of the Dramatists Guild of America and is represented by Seven Eight Artists Management.